Prevalence of HHV-8 infection in Albanian adults and association with HBV and HCV.

abstract：:The human influenza pandemics of 1957 and 1968 were caused by reassortant viruses that possessed internal gene segments from avian and human strains. Whether genetic reassortment of human and avian influenza viruses occurs during interpandemic periods and how often humans are infected with such reassortants is not kno...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Shu LP,Sharp GB,Lin YP,Claas EC,Krauss SL,Shortridge KF,Webster RG

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested the hypothesis of an association between childhood type 1 diabetes (T1D) risk and nitrate concentration in drinking water in Sardinia, Italy, using Poisson regression analysis. Childhood T1D risk showed an inverse trend with increasing quartile of nitrate level in the total population and among men. A nitrat...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Muntoni S,Cocco P,Muntoni S,Aru G

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At the end of 1988 an outbreak of trichinellosis involving 48 persons occurred in a small town in Central Italy, near the Appennine mountains. The epidemic was caused by the ingestion of sausages recently made with wild boar meat. The people affected were mostly relatives and friends of hunters. Trichinella larvae wer...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Frongillo RF,Baldelli B,Pozio E,Crapa G,Di Giuli C,Santirocchi M,Di Leonardo F

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most studies published to date consider single noise sources and the reported noise metrics are not informative about the peaking characteristics of the source under investigation. Our study focuses on the association between cardiovascular mortality in Switzerland and the three major transportation noise sources-road...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Héritier H,Vienneau D,Foraster M,Eze IC,Schaffner E,Thiesse L,Rudzik F,Habermacher M,Köpfli M,Pieren R,Brink M,Cajochen C,Wunderli JM,Probst-Hensch N,Röösli M,SNC study group.

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Descriptive epidemiological and genealogical data obtained by prospective and retrospective studies on CJD in Slovakia and in patients emigrating from CJD clusters were analysed. Observations contradictory to an exclusively genetic etiology of temporo-spatial accumulation of CJD are presented. Data indicating a geneti...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Mitrová E

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The two best known approaches to predicting cardiovascular risk are Framingham and QRISK. Both methods correctly predict less than 70% of cases, with a high ratio of false positive predictions to true predictions. Each uses a combination of predictors that is applied to the data only once. The present approach uses th...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Marsh RW

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) remain an important public health problem in developed countries. Hospital records were reviewed to ascertain the epidemiology of TBIs in Northeast Italy. METHODS:The annual rates of TBI-associated hospitalisation were estimated by analysing data collected from hospital recor...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Baldo V,Marcolongo A,Floreani A,Majori S,Cristofolettil M,Dal Zotto A,Vazzoler G,Trivello R

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To estimate the prevalence of infection by hepatitis C virus (HCV) in general practice, and to investigate attitudes to screening for HCV, a specific questionnaire was sent to the sentinel general practitioners (SGPs) of the French Sentinel Network. From the figures reported by SGPs, the number of anti-HCV tests perfo...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Massari V,Retel O,Flahault A

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this matched-pair study 139 pregnant women were matched on the basis of age to an equal number of non-pregnant women with no signs of genital infection. The mean age was 28.7 years (range 20-41). The cut-offs used for detection of chlamydial antibody were 1:64 and 1:128 for IgG and 1:16 for IgA. IgG antibody at 64 ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Olliaro P,Regazzetti A,Marchetti AL,Lanzarini P,Spinillo A,Gorini G

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In high income countries females outlive men, although they generally report worse health, the so-called male-female health-survival paradox. Russia has one of the world's largest sex difference in life expectancy with a male disadvantage of more than 10 years. We compare components of the paradox between Denmark and ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Oksuzyan A,Shkolnikova M,Vaupel JW,Christensen K,Shkolnikov VM

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, incidence and death increases from around the time of menopause comparing to women in reproductive age. A healthy lifestyle can prevent CVD, but it is unclear which lifestyle factors may help maintain and improve cardiovascular health for women after menopausal transition. We...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Colpani V,Baena CP,Jaspers L,van Dijk GM,Farajzadegan Z,Dhana K,Tielemans MJ,Voortman T,Freak-Poli R,Veloso GGV,Chowdhury R,Kavousi M,Muka T,Franco OH

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most of the epidemiological studies designed to determine the prevalence of Parkinson's disease (PD) in Portugal were hospital-based and the rates reported were around 1/1000. A sentinel network of general practitioners (GPs) has been in effect in the country since 1989, involving doctors with a relatively stable list...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Dias JA,Felgueiras MM,Sanchez JP,Gonçalves JM,Falcäo JM,Pimenta ZP

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is uncertain whether the incidence of stroke is increased in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and whether COPD is associated with all subtypes of stroke (i.e. ischemic stroke, intracerebral haemorrhage and subarachnoid haemorrhage). We evaluated the association between COPD and incidence ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Söderholm M,Inghammar M,Hedblad B,Egesten A,Engström G

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested whether teetotalism explains the upturn in cardiovascular risk for non-drinkers and whether wine is a more favorable alcohol type. We studied 115,592 men and women aged 40-44 years who participated in the age 40 program in Norway in 1994-1999 and were followed for an average of 16 years with 550 cardiovascul...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Tverdal A,Magnus P,Selmer R,Thelle D

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To test the hypothesis that osteoporosis, which results partly from long-term estrogen deficiency, is associated with a lowered risk of breast cancer, a population-based cohort study was performed in Amiens. To ascertain the incidence of breast cancer, 1300 women were followed through after a first hip fracture. Overa...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Ganry O,Peng J,Dubreuil A

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to assess the seroprevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi in Romania and to define associated risk factors, a cross-sectional, observational study was performed in 13 districts during 1999. Sera from healthy blood donors (1,598) and from forestry workers (1,048) were tested. A two-step testing strategy was used in...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Hristea A,Hristescu S,Ciufecu C,Vasile A

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 541 cases of cholera were observed between May 7 and July 19, 1985 among the 9,929 displaced persons present in a refugee camp in Africa. In spite of malnutrition and other diseases affecting this population, only 12 deaths occurred. Antiepidemic measures consisted of preparation of isolation-wards, treatme...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Djeddah C,Miozzo A,Di Gennaro M,Rosmini F,Martino P,Pasquini P

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The last case of poliomyelitis due to transmission of indigenous wild poliovirus occurred in Italy in 1982. To achieve the certification of the eradication of poliomyelitis in Italy, an active surveillance of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) in the population aged less than 15 years was set up following the World Health ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Fiore L,Novello F,Simeoni P,Amato C,Vellucci L,De Stefano D,Grandolfo ME,Luzzi I

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prevention of rickettsial infections is aimed at individual control and epidemic measures (especially in epidemic typhus), vector and rodent control, milk pasteurization (in Q fever), chemoprophylaxis and immunoprophylaxis. In vector and rodent control, the main obstacle is the rise in resistance to insecticides and r...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Kazár J,Brezina R

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously published studies on the risk of cancer among male priests have been based on cancer mortality with the exception of one case-control study. The aim of this study was to present estimates of cancer incidence among Nordic male priests. The study cohort for our analyses consisted of 6.5 million men aged 30-64...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Stang A,Martinsen JI,Kjaerheim K,Weiderpass E,Sparén P,Tryggvadóttir L,Pukkala E

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obstetric and neonatal complications have been associated with completed and attempted suicide (suicidal acts) in young offspring. Maternal smoking is one of the most important risk factors for obstetric complications, but the association between prenatal smoking exposure and offspring risk of suicidal acts is unknown...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Cnattingius S,Svensson T,Granath F,Iliadou A

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An epidemiological survey on Tourette syndrome (TS) in a developing country is relatively scarce. This study was conducted to investigate the prevalence and distribution of TS in children and juveniles aged 7-16 years in Wenzhou of P.R. China. A total of 9742 children and adolescents were included in this survey. Cros...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Jin R,Zheng RY,Huang WW,Xu HQ,Shao B,Chen H,Feng L

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the PROCAM study hypertriglyceridaemia was much more common among men (18.6%) than women (4.2%). Prevalence increased with age in women, but remained nearly constant at about 20% in men aged 35 years or more. In a multiple regression analysis a strong negative correlation between triglycerides and HDL cholesterol w...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Assmann G,Schulte H

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Associations of cognitive function assessed in adulthood with coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke might reflect a causal effect or could be explained by residual confounding or a common underlying pathology (atherosclerosis) that links both declines in cognitive function and increased risk of cardiovascu...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Lawlor DA,Batty GD,Clark H,McIntyre S,Leon DA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early life is an important window of opportunity to improve health across the full lifecycle. An accumulating body of evidence suggests that exposure to adverse stressors during early life leads to developmental adaptations, which subsequently affect disease risk in later life. Also, geographical, socio-economic, and ...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Jaddoe VWV,Felix JF,Andersen AN,Charles MA,Chatzi L,Corpeleijn E,Donner N,Elhakeem A,Eriksson JG,Foong R,Grote V,Haakma S,Hanson M,Harris JR,Heude B,Huang RC,Inskip H,Järvelin MR,Koletzko B,Lawlor DA,Lindeboom M,

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biomarkers are considered as tools to enhance cardiovascular risk estimation. However, the value of biomarkers on risk estimation beyond European risk scores, their comparative impact among different European regions and their role towards personalised medicine remains uncertain. Biomarker for Cardiovascular Risk Asse...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Zeller T,Hughes M,Tuovinen T,Schillert A,Conrads-Frank A,Ruijter Hd,Schnabel RB,Kee F,Salomaa V,Siebert U,Thorand B,Ziegler A,Breek H,Pasterkamp G,Kuulasmaa K,Koenig W,Blankenberg S

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Investigators in modern molecular/genetic epidemiology studies commonly analyze data on a vast number of candidate genetic markers. In such situations, rather than conventional estimation of effects (odds ratios), more accurate estimation methods are needed. The author proposes consideration of empirical Bayes and sem...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Strömberg U

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A two-stage cross-sectional study was conducted in a 951-bed acute-care hospital: a first survey designed to determine the profile of patients aged > or = 64 years needing supportive social/health care services, in which 38 patients discharged between June and July, 1992 (group 1) with social/health care problems that...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Lledó R,Martín E,Jiménez C,Roca R,Gil A,Godoy E,Trilla A,Grau J,Asenjo MA

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the period of 1975-1989, in the Belgrade population increasing mortality trends were established for colon and rectal cancer, cancer of the pancreas and gallbladder and bile ducts cancer, for both sexes, and for esophageal cancer in males. Stomach and liver cancer mortality decreased in females. In males, stoma...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Adanja B,Vlajinac H,Jarebinski M,Jovanović D,Sipetić S,Marinković J

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A group of 709 randomly selected males aged 18-55 years living in the city of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, were questioned about sexual lifestyle and related behavior. A substantial proportion (10%) of these men appeared to be homo- or bisexual. Of these homo- and bisexual men, 16.5% were predicted to be HIV seropositi...

journal_title：European journal of epidemiology

authors： Veugelers PJ,Van Zessen G,Hendriks JC,Sandfort TG,Coutinho RA,Van Griensven GJ

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00